AZO AutoZone
Consumer Discretionary · Automotive Retail · close $3120.59 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-05-09
AutoZone (AZO) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 44/100 (grade D), ranking #50 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are analyst sentiment (83) and profitability (51); its weakest is balance sheet (27). TTM revenue growth is 5.7% and operating margin 18.0%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 83| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 93 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 68 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 44| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 5.7% | 44 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | -1.5% | 36 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | 0.3% | 62 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 51| Operating margin (9.9%) | 18.0% | 79 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | -1.2% | 18 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 27| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 2.20× | 20 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.89 | 24 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 7.35× | 50 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 50| FCF margin (6.2%) | 9.5% | 64 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 3.5% | 36 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 32| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 21.46× | 40 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 3.01× | 24 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 66.9 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 2962.82 / 2922.20 · crossed up 3d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 3271.98 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.75× |
| 20-day return | 9.7% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is AZO's House Rating?
- AZO scores 44 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #50 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about AZO?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for AZO scores 83/100 against its sector peers, which we read as positive. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does AZO report earnings next?
- AZO's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-12-08 (window 2026-12-05 to 2026-12-11), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is AZO a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology